Rail joint and chair.



J. KUKLA.

RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR. APPLIGAI'IONYIILED JULY 3,1914.

1,1 14,369, Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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UNITED S lATEgpENTJQE JOSEPH KUKLA, or BUFFALO, new YORK, AssIenonor ONE-HALF T0 ioHN eonnEK; or BUFFALO, new YORK.

RAIL JGINT AND To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, .Josnrn KUKLA, a

subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Buli'alo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints and Chairs, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail joint and chair.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a means whereby the adjacent ends of railway rails forming thetrack may be retained in their operative connected positions but at the. same timeare capable of longitudinal sliding movement foraccommodating any contracting orexpanding of the rails. I i v, k

A further object is to provide a rail chair adapted to be firmly secured to the ties and accommodating the" adj acent ends otrail c way rails slidably therein. 1

A still further object is'to provide a rail chair thatmay be'slidably positioned upon one rail and then moved to a position for connecting one end 01" said rail to the end oi'an adj acentlypositioned rail also adapted to slidably receive thechair thereon.

With these general objects in View and others that will appearas the nature of the invention is better understood, the same,

consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a slde elevation of the device assembled and with one side of the chair broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the chair and connecting end portions shown in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one rail end, and Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view through one of the rails at a point adjacent the chair within which the rail is positioned.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, rails 10 and 11 are illustrated secured together by means of a rail chair 12, which chair is adapted to be rigidly secured to the railway ties bymeans of hold-fast devices such as spikes driven through perforations spe ifi i n o Letters P n -1 Patented Oct. 20, 1914. ,App1icationfilet1Ju1y3, 1914. S eria1No.848,789. v

13 in the sidelugs laterally entending fromythe chair. The web 15 of the rails'is provided with oppositely. positioned longitudinal ribs 16, which ribs maybe provided for the entire lengthsfof the rails or only for a desired length at each end of the rails. These ribs 16 haveftheir upper faces cut away and forming upper hiclined facesl'? I upon said ribs, whichfaces 17 formV-shaped grooves with the adjacent sides oi the rail The; rail connecting chair 12 is formed with side flanges 18 separated and of. an interior configurat on.complemental tothat of the railend whereby as best illustrated in Fig. at, the chair maybe slidablypositioned uponthe end of the rail. The inneritaces of thechair flangeslS are provided with longitudinal grooves 19 adapted for the reception of the webribs 16 while the base flange 2001 the rail isseated upon the base 21 ofthe chair.

' From, this construction it will be readily apparent that a rail chair may be slidably positioned at any desired point upon a rail which isconstruoted of the form illustrated in Fig.1?) and that another rail ofasimilar form may be positioned inaccurate alinement therewith. and whereupon the chair maybe slidablv moved tospan the adjacent ends ,lofthe rails as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The rigid securing. of the chair to the ties permanently retains therails in theiroperative positions, but at the same timeallows for expansion and contraction. i

In practice, the grooves 19 will be of a size which will permit ready entry of the web ribs 16 into said grooves 19. To effect therefore, a perfect alining of the rails at] their meeting ends, I provide an alining-bar or str p 24: which is seated in a groove 23 provided therefor- 1n the outer face of one of the ribs 16 of onerail, and is received in a similar groove in the correspondingjrib of the meeting rail. This bar or strip is preferably secured to one of the'rails as by a screw 25 or. in any-other desired manner. This strip or barhas a neat fit withboth rails, alining them perfectly at the joint and in addition serves asab ond between the rails when the latter are separated slightly at'thejoint. j 1

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to be a preferable embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minorv 1. A device of the class described com-g prising rails having opposite long'itudinal side ribs integral with theWebs thereof, a

railchair provided With side flanges having inner faces formed complemental to the sides of the rail Web, the upper faces of said ribs being inclined and forming V-shaped grooves with the adjacent sides of the rail Web and an alining-bar seated in one of the said side ribs and engaging in a groove provided therefor in the corresponding rib of the adjacent rail, and means for rigidly securing said chair to the ties.

2. A device of the class described comprising rails having opposite longitudinal side ribs upon the Webs thereof, a rail chair provided With side flanges having inner faces formed complemental to the sides of the rail Web, the upper faces of said ribs being inclined and forming V-shaped grooves With the adjacent sides of the rail Web and means for rigidly securing said chair to the ties, the ends of adjacent Web ribs having slots in their outer faces, a strip secured in one of said grooves and adapted for slidably seating Within the end groove 7 of the adjacent rail Web rib.

3. A device of the class described comprising rail'ends adapted to abut each other, oppositely positioned longitudinal ribs upon the Webs of said rails and having upper inwardly inclined faces, the outer faces of said ribs upon one side of the rails having alining grooves therein, a strip fitting Within said grooves, a securing screw through one end of said strip and engaging the ad acent rib, a rail chair having spaced side flanges provided With inner longitudinal grooves complementally formed With respect to said ribs and said chair adapted for slidably mounting upon said ra ils and means for permanently retaining said chair in position upon the ties.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

, JOSEPH KUKLA.

Witnesses:

MAROIN WRONG, J AKB KUKLA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, I). G. 

